{"product_id":"prodigious-birds-moas-and-moa-hunting-in-new-zealand-first-edition-hardback","title":"Prodigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK","description":"\u003cp\u003eProdigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand by Atholl Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989, First Edition.\u003cbr\u003eSCARCE IN HARDBACK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some minor rubbing and bumping, no owner inscriptions, foxing to first few pages and edges otherwise excellent, minor marks. \u003cbr\u003eJacket has some light edge\/shelf-wear with fading to spine area.\u003cbr\u003e238 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProdigious Birds brings together the entire field of moa-related research, some 150 years of enquiry. The moa was a large flightless bird, hunted into extinction by the Maori tribes of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans. Atholl Anderson brings an historical perspective to the development of moa research and its formative debates, analytical methods and results, reviewing evidence from palaeontology, biology, archaeology, ethnography and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50266908164343,"sku":null,"price":451.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_1994_b28ae299-b412-4f05-a387-672f2273bb7a.jpg?v=1763442043","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-cn\/products\/prodigious-birds-moas-and-moa-hunting-in-new-zealand-first-edition-hardback","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}